Up the ladder

[Buckeye]

I have been up and down the ladder all day scraping moss off the roof and emptying the gutters. I have done it every year for a number of years, but last year I swore it was the last as I had started getting a bit queasy at the top of the ladder. My neighbour and I take it in turns 15 minutes at a time doing front and back of our two roofs and plus the neighbour's roof front and back, next door but one, but two years ago she acquired a live in boyfriend and I refused to do hers unless he joined in and helped even if it was holding the ladders, but he wouldn't do it. She has just asked me if I will scrape the moss off her roof front and back for £100. I said I don't like being up the ladder and feel uneasy all the time I am up there and it would be better to get someone in if her boyfriend wouldn't do it and she said she has looked at having someone do it for her and it would cost between £350 and £500 they both work and are earning money so she can pay for someone else to do it, but not me, she also voted Remain

Peter

 

[edlea]

May be she can get some cheap labour via the EU ..but tell her to be sharpish about it

 

[fortress]

Wouldn't even foot the ladder for you? Doesn't sound like a hands on kind of guy.

 

[Woody]

Tell her you will hold the ladder for her for £100

 

[Jim]

£100? And here is me thinking labour was only cheap in my neck of the woods ..

 

[Penpal]

Her stay in decision was unwise all round. A long sliding ladder is an awful feeling not to be sought out IMHO. What is the best Moss Remover Peter?

Peter.

 

[Buckeye]

Her stay in decision was unwise all round. A long sliding ladder is an awful feeling not to be sought out IMHO. What is the best Moss Remover Peter?

Peter.

I have no idea, we have some chemical moss killer that we can spray on, but I bought a 5metre telescopic pole and fashioned my own aluminium scraper for the end, so it is getting scraped and then it will be sprayed, but it grows back every year. Maybe it would be good to use boating anti fowling chems, I wish I could find something that lasted a few years.

Peter

 

[wm460]

We get bombarded with ads for this stuff for moss, mould and lichen removal,
Dont know if this works or not.

Wet & Forget | Moss, Mould & Mildew Removal for Exterior Surfaces | Wet & Forget

 

[Penpal]

Does this happen to glazed tiles like the Wunderlich ones I remember you saying you had concrete tiles. Our biggest problem over here is bleaching on our concrete tiles, had them spray painted three times.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Another link that might help.

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...Jt2mAvV3vkj1x2QPFHBVHw&bvm=bv.125596728,d.dGo

 

[Penpal]

Today travelling through 1930,s built brick homes the glazed tile roofs stood out like sentinels. Mould etc is found on the southern sides of our houses. Heavy frost times are with us now snow in the hills. Moss on the ground nearly cost me broken foot and arm making us cautious.

Peter.

 

[Bill Mooney]

What is the best Moss Remover Peter?
Peter.

Peter seems to be the best moss remover around his area.

 

[Buckeye]

I am led to believe that a wide strip of copper fixed just under or at the ridge tiles will stop moss growing, but don't know if it is true or how much copper must be there to be effective.

Peter

 

[wm460]

I have a copper that lives across the road, no moss on my roof.

 

[Penpal]

That aged rocker in the UK proves a Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss.

Peter.

 

[Phil Dart]

I am led to believe that a wide strip of copper fixed just under or at the ridge tiles will stop moss growing, but don't know if it is true or how much copper must be there to be effective.

Peter

It's true. The rain run off from a copper strip on the ridge of a roof copper will kill/prevent moss growth. If you look at the active ingredients of moss killer spays, it is copper sulphate.